The U.S. District Court for Southern New York asked Mark Papermaster to stop working with IBM till further orders. Mark Papermaster is a former employee of IBM who recently served as a vice president of IBM's blade development unit. IBM filed a case against him in the US court following apprehension of disclosure of important trade secrets of IBM.

IBM said in the filing that Papermaster possess sensitive company information and secrets regarding business strategy and long-term opportunities. He would surely disclose secrets to Apple which would cause huge losses to IBM. Meanwhile, Apple said that it has hired Papermaster for his general skill as an engineer and his strong management skills.

Papermaster had signed a non-compete agreement for working with Apple in case he resigns from IBM. He apprised about his new job with Apple last month. IBM tried to retain him by offering more salary and incentives but he declined and submits his resignation.

Apple offered him a position of new senior vice president of devices hardware engineering by replacing Tony Fadell , the inventor of iPod.

Apple announced Tuesday that Papermaster will serve as its new senior vice president of devices hardware engineering, replacing iPod innovator Tony Fadell.